You know, it is possible to take great care in how you dress and simultaneously give no fucks in what people think about it. She clearly does not. She has her own amazingly ridiculous style that is in great contrast to what she does for a living. It appears that she enjoys wearing clothes and wearing nice things. But… Read more

Abreu's back story is surely compelling, his personality more colorful than we think. But even if they weren't, just his ability to hammer the bejesus out of a baseball is enough for me. As Simon Barnes asked of people who slammed Pete Sampras for being boring: "If you find excellence boring, what on earth are you… Read more

While MMA referees have a very tough job, this instance shows a basic lack of knowledge of grappling principals. I'm talking about something you should know after about a couple months of training BJJ. Silva had Dober's left leg in half guard but his head is on his right side. Basically Dober was diagonally draped… Read more

The ref was awful, however the Penn State wrestler clearly won the match. Earlier in the third period the ref tried to give the Pitt wrestler an erroneous escape point and it looked like the other ref was going to punch him in the face. After that awful call, Cael Sanderson came out on the mat sarcastically waving… Read more

I watch wrestling pretty heavily, and both officiating decisions were good, even if it's weird to have any match end on a locked hands penalty much less a championship match. Still, it's something that's called when it happens even if it doesn't happen a lot. And it's always going to be called in a situation where… Read more

Sigh ... well as much as I've always hoped to be part of history, my rush to the internet to back myself up has revealed I was actually conflating my memory of Spike TV's Slamball and the Game Show Network's post-Dodgeball movie televised "pro" dodgeball matches.

This will be included in the throwaway commentary in the… Read more

On Weekend Update David Spade put up a picture of Murphy and said, "Look! A falling star!" Read more

During David Spade's "Hollywood Minute," a picture of Eddie Murphy appeared on screen. Spade pointed at the photo and said "Look kids, a falling star!" or something to that effect. This was after Murphy just released Vampire in Brooklyn, a complete bomb. Read more

It was during Spade's "Hollywood Minute" segment on Update. Spade showed a picture of Murphy, who at that point had strung together a few consecutive bombs, and a said "Look kids, it's a falling star. Make a wish." Read more

Also, and I say this as a regular reader and appreciator of Hertz and Zirin, if you don't know that a big chunk of JRW's turf is made up of, uh, middle-class bungalows exactly as pictured in Hertz's piece, you haven't spent enough time on the south side of Chicago to have an opinion worth expressing about it. Read more

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How is the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue still a thing? Read more

Firefighter/Paramedic here; they should not have placed that towel in the fighter's mouth. Typical civilian/first responder seizure response should be to clear the area around the seizing patient so they do not injure themselves while seizing, not trying to restrain the patient or place anything in their mouth. That… Read more

Seizure treatment is just supportive, ie protect/maintain the airway and provide oxygen. What *should* have happened after the head trauma is 1) manual stabilization of the cervical spine 2) supportive seizure care 3) package and transport to closest trauma facility. Read more

Posted this earlier, but for some reason my post did not save, so reposting. Apologies if double posting: this took place in Moscow. It was a "selection tourney," which per the verbiage on their website seems to be a come one come all and throw your hat in the ring and try to get a spot on the roster of their local… Read more

I used to work for Cablevision in Massachusetts a long time ago. One day it came down from Corporate that we could no longer use voicemail. Turns out that ol' Jimbo had left a message for some Marketing exec and didn't get a return call quick enough, so he deemed that voicemail shall be wiped from existence. A few… Read more